##VIDEO ID:OD6HX3Mi8kw## e e e I'd like to call the meeting of the Piscataway Township Council to order adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as required under chapter 231 PL 1975 specifying the time date location log in or dial in information and to the extent known the agenda by posting a copy of the notice on the municipal building municipal court and the two Municipal Library bulletin boards Municipal website providing a copy to the official newspapers of the township and by filing a copy in the office of the Township Clerk in accordance with a certification by the clerk which will be entered in the minutes there will be public comment periods for both remote and in-person attendees separately each member M of the public shall have one opportunity to speak during each public portion as the technology does not allow us to know callers on an individual phone line or logged in user account we ask that if you wish to speak that you log in or dial in separately so that we can recognize you as a separate individual should you have any further comments or questions the township council is always available by email and phone and you can always call the mayor's office during normal operating hours Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call councilwoman carmichel here councilman espanosa here councilwoman Lombardi here councilman Rouse here councilman Shaw councilman Erin here council president K here and would you please join me in a salute to our flag IED alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right that brings us to number five which is comments from Administration and Council this is regarding adjournment of any matters on this agenda I have SE none okay see none then we'll get on to uh number six this is open to the public this is regarding comments for item number nine which are the consent agenda items is there anyone in the public wishing to comment on number nine seeing none we'll close the public I'm so I apologize I'm so sorry yes I was thinking to myself why am I not reading my public portion part um yeah sorry we will not close that we'll uh read these comments so for each public comment portion for remote attendees if you wish to speak at this time please raise your hand either on the Zoom app or if by phone by pressing star n when it is your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click the prompt or press star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you've completed any comments or questions now missar could you let me know if there's any people on the remote there are no remote individuals with their handris regarding this agenda very good um then I'll close the remote attendee public portion open it up for the public here if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and note that you have three minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will respond if necessary okay see none again I will now officially close the public portion on that item um that'll bring us to number seven this is an ordinance on second reading Acquisitions of right of way and easements for New Durham Road improvements project it is open to the public and it is a resolution adopting ordinance Miss would you please read the resolution be resolved by the township Council of PCAT Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled an ordinance for the acquisition of Rights of way easements and land and fee simple for the improvements of new dorm road block 8502 Lots 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 and 17 and also including portions of the new dorm Road right away as shown on the tax map of the Town Pas scataway was introduced on the 23rd day of July 2024 and it passed the first reading and was published on the 30th day of July 2024 now therefore be it resolved that the offic at ordinance having had a second reading on August 13th 2024 be adopted past and after passage be published together with a notice of the date of passer approval in the official newspaper be a further resolved that this ordinance shall be assigned number 202 24-20 thank you Miss Cedar and we'll open it up to the public if anyone in the public wishes to speak we'll open it up to remote attendees first if you wish to speak at this time please raise your hand either on the Zoom app or if by phone by pressing star9 when it is your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click the prompt or press star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you've completed any comments or questions council president there are no remote attendees with their hand rais regarding this agenda item thank you Miss Cedar we will now open it up to the public who are here in person if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will then respond if necessary okay see none here um in person I'm going to close the public portion um and now I'll open it up to the Council uh do I have an offer for this item councilman Espinosa offer do I have a second second councilwoman Lombardi thank you Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman carmichel yes councilman Espinosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman Eran yes council president k yes and the ordinance passes on second reading that'll bring us to number eight which is an ordinance on first reading it is amending chapter 4-7 automatic or electronic Amusement devices and this is a resolution adopting ordinance Miss Cedar would you please read the resolution be it resolved by the township Council of Piscataway Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance to amend and supplement the revised General ordinances of the township of Piscataway County of middlex state of New Jersey revising and supplementing chapter 4 licensing and business regulations to allow for the permissible ownership and use of redemption Amusement Games being is hereby adopted on the first reading that it be published in the official newspaper and that a second reading and public hearing be held at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time at the pasca municipal building 455 Hosley piscado New Jersey on the 10th day of September 2024 be a further resolve that a copy of this ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places within the township prior to the day of the second reading and final passage and a copy of this order shall be made available at the office of the Township Clerk for any interested member of the public thank you Miss Cedar do I have an offer offer councilwoman Lombardi do I have a second second councilman Arin Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman carmichel yes councilman Espinosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman Eran yes council president kill yes and the ordinance passes on first reading so that'll bring us to number nine which are the consent agenda resolution for efficiency items have been Consolidated into a consent agenda to be voted on together the materials for these items have been distributed to the council in advance of the meeting at this time are there any items that the council would like remove from the consent agenda to be discussed or voted on separately see none do do I have an offer offer to accept the consent agenda councilwoman Lombardi thank you do I have a second second M Rous thank you very much Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman carmichel yes councilman Espinosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman Eran yes council president kahill yes and the consent agenda items pass that'll bring us to number 10 this is announcements and comments from officials uh councilwoman carmichel just hello and everyone I hope that you have uh an enjoyable rest of your summer thank you thank you councilwoman carmichel Bosa yes thank you madam um this Thursday August 15th there will be an international over those Awareness Day ceremony at the Columbus Park extension starting starting at 5:30 also I would like to remind everyone that um we have our firstway Bike Tour on Saturday September 21st registration is currently open on our Township website the tourist store is behind the community center on Stockton Street I'm hoping that to see a lot of uh turnout there got to get it so can you tell us a little bit about that where is it going to go or how long is it so it is going to probably be a little bit uh less than 8 miles it's going to be going through a few streets the map is on the website as well but we are probably going to be going through Johnson Park so it's going to be some nice scenery down there and then we're going to be going through some neighborhoods um uh behind the Y so I'm hoping to that everybody looks at the map and and and you know and and plan the route did you say eight miles it's close to eight miles okay I better I better keep biking it's an easy ride it's an easy ride yeah and hopefully folks got their uh tuned up at the rodeo because that was a a great way to to start off right mayor are you attending that one I I think he will have to get your selfie stick to hold as he rides but yeah we will have bike mechanics um at the starting of of the yeah but it's it's going to be just simple checking your tires checking your chains etc etc nothing really extremely mechanical or tuneups or anything like that it's going to be really checking your tires and your helmets we're going to have vendors there we're going to have um uh some some staff there that's going to help you adjust your helmet properly especially for the kids and what was that date again September 21st Saturday yep registration open yep the ride starts at 10: but we'll be there um from 8 8 a.m. the r starts at time yep awesome councilwoman lardi sounds exciting a couple uh other items of things that are happening in town our uh concert this week is Tequila Rose so we have a little country music for this Thursday evening's concert at 7 our National Night Out date was changed from the rain out to the new date Tuesday September 17th 5 to9 uh back by the why and uh also we'll be having the township wide garage sale uh if you're interested in unloading some of the items in your house that you no longer have use for um join up um on the website at Town um on the township website and that is on October 5th and 6th thanks that's awesome yeah I'm I'm looking forward to that yard I have lot of stuff councilman Rouse uh no comment at this time thank you councilman er no comment at this time Mr Mayor uh thank uh the council members that showed up today for uh the dedication of a tree for name of ly Gibson long time volunteer of Jack of all trats so uh really appreciate both him and his family showing yes right well he may have been there in spirit that's correct all right Miss cor counselor no comments thank you I have none except uh the same as councilwoman carmichel um I hope that folks enjoy the rest of the summer I'll be coming up on Labor Day and then a school season ahead where uh somebody usually on the council will always remind folks Loretta kaima Loretta to be mindful of kids as school begins they'll be on the streets of course they'll be crossing guards but um yeah before you know it school we be here so mindful of our children and with that we'll go to uh number 11 this is the agenda session for September 10th 2024 is an ordinance on second reading it'll be the authorization of special assessments for sidewalks on Sutton's Lane it'll be open to the public and it is a resolution adopting or ordinance are there any comments or questions regarding this item seeing none that will be on the next item will be an ordinance also on second reading that's a amending chapter 4-7 automatic or electronic Amusement devices we heard that tonight it'll be open to the public and it'll be a resolution adopting ordinance are there any comments or questions on this item see none that will be on so that'll bring us to number 12 this will be open to the public for our remote attendees if you wish to speak at this time please raise your hand either on the Zoom app or if by phone by pressing star n when it is your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click the prompt or press star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you have completed any comments or questions council president there are no remote attendees with their hand raised regarding this agenda item so I'm going to close the remote attendee public portion I'll open it up to the public who are here in person if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will respond if necessary 58 would you take the DD214 to acknowledge this don't speak into the mic it won't get recorded just press the button as you speak would anyone like a copy of my DD214 to State the honor of this purple heart anyone excuse me you can give it to the officer sir through the years my complaint stands I suffered Financial psychological threats from our police officers Financial property deoration all all these years and you haven't Hur the half of it not even I was hurt and I complained to Property Maintenance all these years a tree fell on me their complaint is nonexistent a barking dog stinking in the backyard caged up your complaint is non-existent an old German couple feeding crow every single morning noon at night your complaint is nonexistent a squad of police turns the corner of the house on Easter Sunday ready talkot of police officers sir your your three minutes are up with an infant in ex me sir your three minutes are up thank you very much thank you thank you the Mayor's Complaint stand Prem a gagle of people lawyers sir all over I I do apologize your time is I have none sir my complaint is nonexistent thank you if there's anyone else in the public wishing to comment you may do so at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and note that you have three minutes in which to make your comments seeing none I'm going to close the public portion that leaves us to an adjournment do I have an offer offer do I have a second second all those in favor say I I we are adjourned thank you everyone thank you for